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The ability to precisely edit genome sequences has been revolutionary for plant biologists working to understand how plants function and has been widely employed by plant breeders to develop crop varieties with superior traits, including disease resistance, abiotic stress tolerance, and grain quality. Genome editing confers several advantages over prior genetic modification approaches, principally the ability to alter the plant genotype without the introduction of transgenic material. This volume provides a thorough overview of the history, theory, and practice of currently available genome-editing approaches and outlines how these technologies have been employed across various crop species groups. New breeding technologies have raised questions of how/whether products generated through genome editing of crop species should be regulated, particularly in comparison with regulations imposed on genetically modified crops developed through transgenic approaches. The authors explore the various regulatory approaches adopted by governments in major agricultural production areas across the world. While the volume could have benefited from more thorough editing as, for example, similar comparisons of genome-editing approaches are presented in several chapters, this volume will serve as a valuable primer on plant genome editing technologies and their applications for both research and plant breeding. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty and professionals. --Ryan M. Warner, Michigan State University
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